The 2016 Report on Women's, Misses', and Girls' Sheer Hosiery Shipped in the Greige Excluding Socks: World Market Segmentation by City

This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market.

In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another.

In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world's major cities for "women's, misses', and girls' sheer hosiery shipped in the greige excluding socks" for the year 2016. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. For many items, latent demand is clearly observable in sales, as in the case for food or housing items. Consider, however, the category "satellite launch vehicles". Clearly, there are no launch pads in most cities of the world. However, the core benefit of the vehicles (e.g. telecommunications, etc.) is "consumed" by residents or industries within the world's cities. Without certain cities, in other words, the market for satellite launch vehicles would be lower for the world in general. One needs to allocate, therefore, a portion of the worldwide economic demand for launch vehicles to both regions and cities. This report takes the broader definition and considers, therefore, a city as a part of the global market.

1 INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY

1.1 Overview and Definitions

1.2 Market Potential Estimation Methodology

1.3 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

2 USING THE DATA

3 CITY SEGMENTS RANKED BY MARKET SIZE

3.1 Top 15 Markets

3.2 Markets 16 to 30

3.3 Remaining Cities by Market Rank

4 CITY SEGMENTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

4.1 A: from Aalborg to Azul

4.2 B: from Babahoyo to Byumba Town

4.3 C: from Caaguazu to Czestochowa

4.4 D: from Da Lat to Dzuunmod

4.5 E: from Ebebiyin to Estelí

4.6 F: from Facatativá to Fuzhou

4.7 G: from Gabes to Gyumri

4.8 H: from Ha Long (Hong Gai) to Hyesan

4.9 I: from Ialta (Yalta) to Izmit

4.10 J: from Jabalpur to Jyvaskyla

4.11 K: from Kabankalan to Kyzylorda

4.12 L: from La Banda to Lysychans'k

4.13 M: from Ma`arrat an Nu`man to Mzuzu

4.14 N: from Naberezhnye Tchelny to Nzerekore

4.15 O: from Oakville to Ozamis City

4.16 P: from Pabna to Pyongyang

4.17 Q: from Qaemshahr to Quito

4.18 R: from Ra'annana to Rzeszów

4.19 S: from Saanich to Szombathely

4.20 T: from Tabaco to Tyumen

4.21 U: from Uberaba to Uzhhorod

4.22 V: from Vacoas-Phoenix to Vung Tau

4.23 W: from Wa to Wuxi

4.24 X: from Xai-Xai to Xuzhou

4.25 Y: from Yakutsk to Yozgat

4.26 Z: from Zaanstad to Zwolle

5 CITY SEGMENTS RANKED BY COUNTRY

5.1 Afghanistan

5.2 Albania

5.3 Algeria

5.4 American Samoa

5.5 Andorra

5.6 Angola

5.7 Antigua and Barbuda

5.8 Argentina

5.9 Armenia

5.10 Aruba

5.11 Australia

5.12 Austria

5.13 Azerbaijan

5.14 Bahrain

5.15 Bangladesh

5.16 Barbados

5.17 Belarus

5.18 Belgium

5.19 Belize

5.20 Benin

5.21 Bermuda

5.22 Bhutan

5.23 Bolivia

5.24 Bosnia and Herzegovina

5.25 Botswana

5.26 Brazil

5.27 Brunei

5.28 Bulgaria

5.29 Burkina Faso

5.30 Burma

5.31 Burundi

5.32 Cambodia

5.33 Cameroon

5.34 Canada

5.35 Cape Verde

5.36 Central African Republic

5.37 Chad

5.38 Chile

5.39 China

5.40 Christmas Island

5.41 Colombia

5.42 Comoros

5.43 Congo (formerly Zaire)

5.44 Cook Islands

5.45 Costa Rica

5.46 Cote d'Ivoire

5.47 Croatia

5.48 Cuba

5.49 Cyprus

5.50 Czech Republic

5.51 Denmark

5.52 Djibouti

5.53 Dominica

5.54 Dominican Republic

5.55 Ecuador

5.56 Egypt

5.57 El Salvador

5.58 Equatorial Guinea

5.59 Eritrea

5.60 Estonia

5.61 Ethiopia

5.62 Fiji

5.63 Finland

5.64 France

5.65 French Polynesia

5.66 Gabon

5.67 Georgia

5.68 Germany

5.69 Ghana

5.70 Greece

5.71 Greenland

5.72 Grenada

5.73 Guam

5.74 Guatemala

5.75 Guinea

5.76 Guinea-Bissau

5.77 Guyana

5.78 Haiti

5.79 Honduras

5.80 Hong Kong

5.81 Hungary

5.82 Iceland

5.83 India

5.84 Indonesia

5.85 Iran

5.86 Iraq

5.87 Ireland

5.88 Israel

5.89 Italy

5.90 Jamaica

5.91 Japan

5.92 Jordan

5.93 Kazakhstan

5.94 Kenya

5.95 Kiribati

5.96 Kosovo

5.97 Kuwait

5.98 Kyrgyzstan

5.99 Laos

5.100 Latvia

5.101 Lebanon

5.102 Lesotho

5.103 Liberia

5.104 Libya

5.105 Liechtenstein

5.106 Lithuania

5.107 Luxembourg

5.108 Macau

5.109 Macedonia

5.110 Madagascar

5.111 Malawi

5.112 Malaysia

5.113 Maldives

5.114 Mali

5.115 Malta

5.116 Marshall Islands

5.117 Mauritania

5.118 Mauritius

5.119 Mexico

5.120 Micronesia Federation

5.121 Moldova

5.122 Monaco

5.123 Mongolia

5.124 Montenegro

5.125 Morocco

5.126 Mozambique

5.127 Namibia

5.128 Nauru

5.129 Nepal

5.130 New Caledonia

5.131 New Zealand

5.132 Nicaragua

5.133 Niger

5.134 Nigeria

5.135 Niue

5.136 Norfolk Island

5.137 North Korea

5.138 North Sudan

5.139 Norway

5.140 Oman

5.141 Pakistan

5.142 Palau

5.143 Palestine

5.144 Panama

5.145 Papua New Guinea

5.146 Paraguay

5.147 Peru

5.148 Philippines

5.149 Poland

5.150 Portugal

5.151 Puerto Rico

5.152 Qatar

5.153 Republic of Congo

5.154 Romania

5.155 Russia

5.156 Rwanda

5.157 San Marino

5.158 Sao Tome E Principe

5.159 Saudi Arabia

5.160 Senegal

5.161 Serbia

5.162 Seychelles

5.163 Sierra Leone

5.164 Singapore

5.165 Slovakia

5.166 Slovenia

5.167 Solomon Islands

5.168 Somalia

5.169 South Africa

5.170 South Korea

5.171 South Sudan

5.172 Spain

5.173 Sri Lanka

5.174 St. Kitts and Nevis

5.175 St. Lucia

5.176 St. Vincent and the Grenadines

5.177 Suriname

5.178 Swaziland

5.179 Sweden

5.180 Switzerland

5.181 Syrian Arab Republic

5.182 Taiwan

5.183 Tajikistan

5.184 Tanzania

5.185 Thailand

5.186 The Bahamas

5.187 The British Virgin Islands

5.188 The Cayman Islands

5.189 The Falkland Islands

5.190 The Gambia

5.191 The Netherlands

5.192 The Northern Mariana Island

5.193 The U.S. Virgin Islands

5.194 The United Arab Emirates

5.195 The United Kingdom

5.196 The United States

5.197 Timor - Leste, Democratic Republic of

5.198 Togo

5.199 Tonga

5.200 Trinidad and Tobago

5.201 Tunisia

5.202 Turkey

5.203 Turkmenistan

5.204 Tuvalu

5.205 Uganda

5.206 Ukraine

5.207 Uruguay

5.208 Uzbekistan

5.209 Vanuatu

5.210 Venezuela

5.211 Vietnam

5.212 Wallis and Futuna

5.213 Western Sahara

5.214 Western Samoa

5.215 Yemen

5.216 Zambia

5.217 Zimbabwe

6 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS

6.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor

6.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions

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